As part of the Athearn Genesis series, we are making a series of Minneapolis and St. Paul F7s. Here's a photo of the first deco sample. We LOVE this paint ...
Chuck the ICC valuation files should have information on the depot; ie it's dimensions, location of windows, doors, construction, etc. Usually the field report...
Doug - Thanks for the info. Good luck w/ the unpacking of boxes! I still have a couple of boxes unpacked from a move 16 years ago...have moved twice since...
Hi, Al I am sure those are worth more due to their markings, but I once bought a perfectly good Cole monkey wrench at a flea market for $4.00. They were...
When I was a kid we had a left handed monkey wrench on the farm. All the threads were backwards. Larry Rinehart ... From: Sam Cook<mailto:trains@...> ...
Got this from Ron Christensen, he asked me to post it for the group. Doug Harding Iowa Central Railroad www.iowacentralrr.org Subject: coal & gondolas Doug My...
I have seen pictures of gondolas parked on about a 6 foot high trestle for unloading coal the Oskaloosa Light and Traction company. The coal was dumped in ...
Got this info on Winthrop coal chutes from Gene. Doug Harding Iowa Central Railroad www.iowacentralrr.org Subject: Winthrop coal chutes Doug, AFE Index on...
Doug, Chuck, The ICC valuation sketches as offered by C&NW HS doesn't include Winthrop, sadly. Here is a list of the concerned depots : Abingdon, Cramers,...
While working on the Q's Stockport branch (Ft Madison-Stockport IA) in 64 the local coal dealer at West Point received a load of coal in a gondola. One fellow...
Clark did the announcement from Athearn really read Minneapolis and St. Paul? Or was that your typo? Doug Harding Iowa Central Railroad www.iowacentralrr.org...
I still keep thinking that I should sell my hoppers and buy gondolas. However I took the time to look at the registor for 1923, the M&StL had 1862 gondolas and...
OK, I know Iowa is the center of the known universe (and the birthplace of John Wayne and CAPT. James T. Kirk), but these locations all appear to be Iowa...at...
You're right, Glad the models don't say that! Clark Propst Mason City Iowa ... From: Douglas Harding To: mstl@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006...
Chuck, Maybe someone touched on this before as I haven't checked the messages closly. The Winthrop depot was built in 1900. It is a wooden structure measuring...
Ron, You and I discussed this yesterday. I wonder though now whether the railroad called what we would call hoppers "gondolas". We looked up the CGW...
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An old client, said that as a young man he had the contract with the Bradgate cooperative elevator to unload coal from gons in the 30's and early 40's. He...
The list Marc quoted is the listing of sketches the M&StL submitted to the ICC during the time of evaluation. Some railroads submitted information to assist...
Chuck, After researching Mason City for several years I can tell you there comes a time when you have to go with what you got! If you can't find anymore info...
At Carver in the 30's and 40's I remember coal being shipped in box cars. As I remember quite a lot of this coal came in DM&IR 80 cap box cars. This coal...
Vern's post reminded me again of the time when a Mr. Klingbiel who was some kind of supervisor or foreman at the Minneapolis Municipal Docks took my brother...
I think Vaughn Ward had a blue print on an old and a new coaling tower, an Iowa Central and a M&St.L I'll check it out and let you know. Roger [Non-text...
Hi Doug, Have you seen this webpage before? Are the ICC reports listed in the webpage the same ones you are talking about? The main thing about the webpage is...
Vern, Your remarks about coal on the MN&S and the deliveries in Minneapolis offer a fascinating picture of how things were done back a few decades. We lived...
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Clark and others, Quite some time ago, I was trying to describe a "coal shed" I saw at Hampton, Iowa, on one of my visits to Don Vaughn. The reason the shed...
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Tom, I remember you asking me about the shed in Hampton, it's not there anymore. Most sheds were higher on the track side. I will post a photo of a shed on the...
. Just don't know, but there certainly were many like it along the old CGW and probably on the M&StL. Tom .......... I had given a presentation at the...
Clark, Do the dimensions I came up with sound within the ballpark? Tom ... From: mstl@yahoogroups.com on behalf of rockroll50401 Sent: Fri 8/4/2006 1:33 PM To:...
